Yes, I'd like to echo that. If you have a 486 consider the last 2.0.39
kernel. I read somewhere that sometimes the latest isn't the greatest,
especially when you're looking to support legacy (by now) hardware.
HTH
Russell
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>From: R P Herrold <herrold@owlriver.com>
>To: Ed Centanni <ecentan1@tampabay.rr.com>
>Subject: Re: [slug] [SLUG] Distro recommendation
>Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2001, 10:57 AM
>
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Ed Centanni wrote:
>
>> What's a good distro for a Cyrix 486 166Mhz server with 16 Meg, 2.5 gig
>> hd space. Light X or server only (no X) application.
>
> see: http://bopper.wcbe.org/uptime.txt
>
> Do you require the latest? -- this host is running RH 5.1 ...
> and has been up for 886 days -- see pitch sheet. The counts
> indicate over 1.5 BILLION nat transactions so far.
>
> If you DO want more recent, snag an ISO of the now defunct
> Storm -- It runs well on 'smaller' hosts, and is quite simple
> to update.
>
> -- Russ
>
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